diff --git a/registry/registry_test.go b/registry/registry_test.go
index 7c5caac00a2403526d768d4daf263a8933083db5..f05711157df667084b8848cfdb9f7a989c259080 100644
--- a/registry/registry_test.go
+++ b/registry/registry_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ 	regDir  string
 	destDir string
 	reg     *Registry
 
-	tmplContents = `{{title name}} {{.year}}`
+	tmplContents = `{{title name}} {{year}}`
 	tmplTemplate = `name = "john olheiser"
 year = 2020`
 	tmplGold = "John Olheiser 2020"
diff --git a/registry/template.go b/registry/template.go
index e1651dddecde230eaaa8d3e75bab4a42263a5636..5bf0c98b418f766856804f2986e2d73f37fc5ae4 100644
--- a/registry/template.go
+++ b/registry/template.go
@@ -135,11 +135,20 @@ 				Message: k,
 				Default: fmt.Sprintf("%v", t),
 			}
 		}
-		var a string
-		if err := survey.AskOne(p, &a); err != nil {
+		q := []*survey.Question{
+			{
+				Name:     "response",
+				Prompt:   p,
+				Validate: survey.Required,
+			},
+		}
+		a := struct {
+			Response string
+		}{}
+		if err := survey.Ask(q, &a); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		vars[k] = a
+		vars[k] = a.Response
 	}
 
 	return vars, nil